Damn! I swear, recently it seems like every time I drive this car farther than 20 miles something goes wrong. This time the fuel line going out of from the fuel filter sprung a pin sized leak which resulted in leaking fuel all over the road. Thought I'd be all good hubby like and take the fiance to dinner and a show at the Kennedy Center in DC. Of course, we get stuck in rush hour traffic and as we get off the toll road heading into McLean we smell gas as we sit in stop and go traffic. Of course, we joke that the car in front of us is leaking gas. But as we continue to drive we notice it isn't going away also, suddenly, I notice the gas gauge is dropping unusually quickly. I just filled up this morning so it was full when we left. I pull over in a parking garage and sure enough it reeks of gasoline and I look under the car and fuel is pouring (it really wasn't pouring I later found) down from around the plastic cover below the fuel filter. I pull into a gas station and jack it up pull off the rear passenger side tire (in a nice charcoal suit and white dress shirt mind you) and can see that there is a pin size hole spewing gasoline from the larger fuel line leading out of the filter. I buy some duct tape and tape it around the line with a paper towel.

Since we are about 10 miles from home and don't feel like risking a night at the theater only to come out to find the fuel tank empty (doubt that would have happened) we drove home.

Well I am out the cost of the tickets and now need to replace the fuel line. I bought the OEM filter as a spare a few months ago so I might just go ahead and replace that while I am down there.

The damn rubber fuel line must have dryrotted? Only thing I can think of. It was just its time. Its just really unfortunate it happened when it did (fiance was understanding but it ruined our evening out).

Surprisingly, I couldn't find any records in the forum from searching of this happening. Anyone else have this happen?